It Appears That the Medial Temporal Lobes and the Diencephalon

Multiple Choice

It appears that the medial temporal lobes and the diencephalon are important in consolidating explicit long-term memories but are not themselves the storage sites for this knowledge because

A) most skills and habits acquired before injury to these structures will remain intact.
B) only priming and conditioning show signs of impairment following damage to these structures.
C) only nonassociative learning and priming show signs of impairment following damage to these structures.
D) most episodic and semantic memories acquired before injury to these structures will remain intact.